Vanessa Lafaye Books in Order

Henry returns to a segregated Florida community after years away at war, while Missy hopes to recover their connection. Suspicion following an attack on a white woman intensifies local tensions just as an approaching hurricane threatens everyone's survival.

An elderly Cuban woman admits shooting a Ku Klux Klan official but refuses to explain why. Her story reaches back to 1919 Key West, where love, racial segregation, and a promise made amid violence shaped a grievance carried for decades.

Orphaned siblings Clara and Jacob Marley survive London's poorest streets until an opportunity offers escape at a terrible cost. As Jacob builds wealth and becomes Scrooge's partner, Clara struggles to reach the brother whose fear of poverty is hardening into cruelty.